Most of Nicoma Park was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1960.
Founding year: the first Nicoma Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Nicoma Park’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Nicoma Park is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Nicoma Park’s overall grade.
Oklahoma towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oklahoma town has 5.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Nicoma Park’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Nicoma Park’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Nicoma Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1892Moore sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Nicoma Park.
The story so far
Nicoma Park, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nicoma Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Nicoma Park is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The name Nicoma is a portmanteau of the first three letters of Nichols, for G.A. Nichols, and the last three letters of Oklahoma. The population was 2,313 at the 2020 census, a 3.3% decrease from 2010.
Its first post office opened in 1929. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,393 to 2,313 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Nicoma Park post office opened in 1929, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Nicoma Park rank for history?
Nicoma Park is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Nicoma Park?
9% of Nicoma Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.4 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1975.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (7), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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